Clothes-line reel.



PATENTED' FEB. 14, 1 905.

v A. YEAGER. CLOTHES LINE REEL.

APPLIQATION mum JULY ao,19o a.

' a specification.

No. 782,478. a

UNITED STATES Patented February 14, 1905.

' PATENT OFF C CLOTHES-LINE REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,478, dated February14, 1905.

' Application filed July so, 1903. Serial No. 167,632.

To '(tZZ whom it may concern;

' Be it known that I, ANTHONY YEAGER,a citizen of the United States,residing at Wilkesbarre, in the county of Luzerne and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Line Reel, of whichthe following is This invention relates to a clothes-line reel, and hasfor its object to provide a simple inexpensive device of this character,whereby the slack in the lines maybe readily taken up when in use, andthe lines reeled within a cabinet, and there housed and protected fromthe elements; when not in use. A r

A, further object of the invention is to provide a reel-housingstampedfrom asingle piece of metal,and having an annular row of pockets oropenings formed in one of its side walls, adapted to receive aslidingbolt, mounted on the handle of the reel, whereby the tension of thelines may be adjusted without the use of springs, ratchets, &c.

A further object is to provide the housing with means for attaching thereel to a post or other structure without the, employment of nails orother auxiliary fastening devices, so that the reel may be easily takendown and moved from place to place, as the occasion requires.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combinatlon and arrangement of parts, hereinafterfully described) illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in the claim hereto appended, it being understood I that variouschanges in form, proportion, and minor details of construction may beresorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of this invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a reel andhousing constructed in accordance with this invention, illustrating itattached to a post. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 isa transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is adetailperspective of the shaft-crank and sliding bolt.

Referring to the drawings, in which like characters of referenceindicate corresponding partsin all the figures, A designates acasing,

if preferably stamped from a single piece of sheet metal or similarmaterial and consisting of the back section 1, side walls 2, and top 3.The top 8 ispreferably a continuation of the back piece 1, and is curvedoutwardly over the front of the casing asuflicient distance to protectthe reels from the weather, being fastened to the side walls 2 in anysuitable manner, as by soldering or by rivets 4:. J ournaled incoincident openings 5, formed in the side walls 2, is a preferablyhollow shaft 6, which constitutes the reel on which the lines 7 arewound, said shaft being held from lateral displace inent by means of apin 8, passing through one end thereof. The shaft 6 is bent to form acrank 9, provided with a guiding-slot 10, having end recesses 11,adapted to receive the handle 12 of a sliding bolt 13, suitably mountedwithin the crank. The end of the bolt passes through an opening 14 inthe end of the crank 9, being adapted to engage any one of anannular-series of depressions or pockets 15, formed in the side wall 2of the casing, and prevent the reel from slipping in winding the linesor adjusting the tension thereof. Secured in any suitable manner to theback piece 1 of'the casing Aare one or more straps 16, provided withcentrally-disposed eyes or loops 17 adapted to receive the outwardly andupwardly extending pins or lugs 18, of a bracket 19, and by means ofwhich the casing is pivotally supported on the post or other structure.By having the casing supported in this manner, it may be easily takendown and moved from place to place as the occasion requires. The lines 7are prevented from slip ping on the shaft, while being reeled, bypassing the same through transversely-disposed openings 20 in the shaftand fastening the ends thereof in any suitable manner, as by knots 21.

I have shown the casing provided with a ,single reel carrying two lines;but any number of lines may be used. and the casing may be formed withan annular series of bolt-receiving openings instead of the depressions,if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim issingle piece ofmetal and comprising a back said recesses for locking the bolt inengagepiece, a top or cover and angularly-disposed ment with the pocketand for retaining it out side walls one of which is provided with an ofengagement therewith. annular series of bolt-receiving pockets, areel-In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 3 shaft journaled in thesidewalls of the casing my own 1 have hereto aflixed my signature in 15one end of which is bent to form a crank the the presence of twowitnesses.

handle of which is hollow and provided with ANTHONY YEAGER. I a slothaving recesses at its ends, and a bolt Witnesses: slidably mounted inthe handle of the crank, JOHN BIRMER, J r., f

I the handle of said bolt being adapted to engage THos. H. CONLETT.

